Video - /videos/2012/1/19/state-of-the-union-preview/
Jan. 19, 2012 - ...Deficit, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Taxes & Revenue
Blog - /blog/2011/12/08/the-shakedown-on-the-payroll-tax-cut-extension/
Dec. 9, 2011 - In Monday’s budget brief, NPP’s senior research analyst Chris Hellman explained the payroll tax cut and President Obama's proposal to extend it. But the proposal is controversial—it'...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/28/those-cuts-triggered-by-the-super-committee/
Nov. 28, 2011 - Last week I wrote about how automatic, across-the-board cuts scheduled to take effect in 2013 may never take place—because a new Congress can choose not to uphold budget cuts legislated by...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/23/data-story-federal-work-study-and-sequestration/
Nov. 23, 2011 - This data story looks at the effect of sequestration on the federal work-study program.
Blog - /blog/2011/11/21/goodbye-to-all-that-supercommittee-fails/
Nov. 21, 2011 - ...Deficit Reduction. They’ve all but announced failure to come up with even $1 of their $1.2 trillion deficit reduction task. Since the creation of the super committee, we’ve been hearing th...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/18/data-story-liheap-and-sequestration/
Nov. 18, 2011 - Our latest data story focuses on LIHEAP, one of many programs that would see reduced funding if sequestration goes into effect.
Blog - /blog/2011/11/17/Lets-Make-a-Deal/
Nov. 17, 2011 - ...deficit reduction over the next decade. Here are some of the possibilities:A Grand Bargain: President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner tried negotiating ...
Video - /videos/2011/10/28/budget-brief-super-committee-plans/
Oct. 28, 2011 - ...deficit reduction plans.
Blog - /blog/2011/10/28/data-story-jobs-and-department-defense-procurement/
Oct. 28, 2011 - This data story explores the relationship between Department of Defense procurement spending and unemployment rates.
Blog - /blog/2011/10/25/money-out-and-money-in/
Oct. 25, 2011 - ...deficits and cutting spending. So we at NPP thought it would be good to talk about tax revenues—the other half of the budget picture—and not just about spending (For some background on how...
Blog - /blog/2011/10/14/what-the-bush-tax-cuts-cost/
Oct. 14, 2011 - $1,034,401,772,556. That’s the cost to the U.S. Treasury since 2001 from Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans—as of the moment I started writing this blog post. National...
Blog - /blog/2011/10/04/Build_Better_Budget/
Oct. 4, 2011 - Right now our elected officials are trying to balance the federal budget on the backs of the most marginalized Americans. This crusade to drag government into the bathroom and drown it will, over time...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/30/Build-better-budget-wrap-up/
Sept. 30, 2011 - Followers of "Ask Kyle" may be surprised to see this, as our good friend and colleague Kyle Andrejczyk posted his last post on September 12. But so many people found Kyle's work to be so helpful in ex...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/year-end-wrap-up/
Sept. 28, 2011 - September 30th marks the end of the fiscal year for the U.S. Government, and if you've had trouble following events in Washington, you're in good company. NPP pulls together key events of 2011 and off...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/23/data-story-wic-benefits-and-participation/
Sept. 23, 2011 - Our new featured data story is WIC benefits and participation.
Blog - /blog/2011/09/22/deficit-reduction-or-class-warfare/
Sept. 22, 2011 - ...deficit spending, which features the “Buffet Rule” to ensure that households earning over $1 million do not pay a lower tax rate than middle-class Americans. Critics of Obama's plan called this class ...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/21/American_Jobs_Act_Scoop/
Sept. 21, 2011 - President Obama presented the American Jobs Act of 2011 on September 8th and sent it to Congress on September 12th. Want to know what it's all about? Here’s the rundown. How does it help… the unemploy...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/12/debt-ceiling-mach2-the-super-committee/
Sept. 12, 2011 - Do you remember (as unpleasant as it may be) the debt-ceiling fiasco that happened a little more than a month ago? Well in case you need a refresher, the end result called for an immediate $917 ...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/end-year-military-spending-wrap-up/
Aug. 26, 2011 - ...deficit reduction over a decade. Beginning with the military, NPP will create a clearer picture of the budgetary decisions that await the Committee.
Blog - /blog/2011/08/25/lessons-from-london/
Aug. 25, 2011 - England certainly seems like a long ways away my friends, both in terms of miles (or kilometers) and humor. And perhaps that’s a good thing considering the onerous prison sentences doled out as a resu...
